The Swains was founded in 2004 in Groningen, Netherlands. Their music is an exciting mixture of Garagerock, Blues, and Soul. On stage, singer Jouke slowly gets possessed by the groove of this trash-machine which' sound consists mainly of the filthy and full riffs of guitarist Arnold and the animal-like drum-style of Peter. This makes a bassplayer unnecessary. Frontman Jouke switches between singing, playing harmonica, organ and guitar. Once at steam he preaches the Blues and the Gospel as if Groningen was the capitol of Mississippi. Influences are The Stooges, Speedball Baby but also James Brown. They sound like Booker T. & the MG's on speed...
You can find a dutch bio on the Eurosonic Site and some more (new!) mp3's on this Site .
Past shows:
14-03-'09 - Viadukt Groningen
12-03-'09 - Vera, Groningen, (w/ Cheap Time)
26-10-'08 - De Walrus Groningen, (w/ Rene Sg)
15-01-’09 - De Zolder, Groningen
31-08-'08 - Gideonfestival, Groningen
07-08-'08 - Preipop, Groningen
23-08-'08 - Koornbeurs, Delft
15-03-'08 - Vera Downsatge, Groningen
10-01-’08 - De Zolder, Groningen
30-11-’07 - Iduna, Drachten
08-11-’07 - Rock'n'Roll Circus, Groningen
01-11-’07 - Simplon 30 jaar Jubileum, Groningen, (w/ De Fuckups)
07-09-’07 - Rockcafé Docx, Assen (with Check 1-2)
10-08-’07 - Straatfestival "Op 'e Sjouwer", Joure
22-06-’07 - Vera, Groningen
20-05-’07 - Pagepop, Stadskanaal
05-05-’07 - Bevrijdingsfestival, Groningen, (w/ De Fuckups)
12-05-’07 - Melkweg, Amsterdam
17-05-’07 - Altstadt, Eindhoven (with Kamikaze Trio)
29-03-’07 - Jazzcafe De Spieghel, Groningen
26-01-’07 - Simplon, Groningen
13-01-’07 - Noorderslag Afterparty, Groningen (w/ Krause)
11-01-’07 - Eurosonic, Groningen
09-12-’06 - Vera Downstage, Groningen
07-07-’06 - Vera, Groningen (winners of “Groninger Popprijsâ€)
29-04-’06 - ORKZ, Groningen (with The Magnetix)
02-07-’05 - Vera Downstage, Groningen (with Green Hornet)
01-04-’05 - 3voor12 Showcase, Simplon, Groningen
24-06-’05 - TT-nacht, Assen
05-01-’05 - De Onderbroek, Nijmegen (with the Monroes)
